Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, EVENING AT SEA, by CHARLES WHITWORTH WYNNE


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EVENING AT SEA, by                    
First Line: A perfect night!-a night of calm at sea
Last Line: Their linkéd hearts confess her gracious power.
Alternate Author Name(s): Cayzer, Charles
Subject(s): Peace; Silence


A PERFECT night!—a night of calm at sea,
In all its grace and all its purity!
And not a sound, save where the glittering spray
Quivers in emerald furrows round our way.
Myriads of little stars, divinely fair,
Peer shimmering thro' the vestures of the night;
So many handmaidens their torches bear
To tend her steps who is the Queen of Light!
Now, from the furthest disc, comes proudly forth
Diana, in chaste coronal of snow,
Pale as the daylight in the frozen North,
Yet zoned with sympathy, as lovers know,
For, as she mellows with each darkening hour,
Their linkéd hearts confess her gracious power.





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